Thursday, April 29, 2010

How a writer feels:A photo is worth 87,000 words (the lengths of my first draft).

A ship out in the middle of the ocean: That's how it feels to be a writer.And you're not alone. You have all these characters out there with you. Some of them are from other books you've written. Others are new but not fully formed so they are like faceless zombies that chase you around and want to eat your brains out.Still others slowly morph into younger - older - taller - shorter versions of themselves. Sometime they even change sex. It's creepy.And then there are all the vampires...Well you start to get the idea of what the inside of my brain is like.A little shop of horrors.But I like this picture. You can't tell exactly where it is but it looks lonely doesn't it?Well.That's not entirely true.I know where it is.Any guesses from the peanut gallery?Name your place and the prize you want.Possible prizes:1. A sense of worth.2. Common sense3. Sense of direction4. Sense of decency5. Two sense worth (okay okay cents...)

Other authors give away autographed books. I like to give away more useful items.

Friday, April 09, 2010

This post can also be titled LIFE WITH A WRITER...So we're at Pacific Ocean Producers because I had this vision of TOOLOOSE falling off the boat into the water and I thought, Hey! Let's get a big net just in case and um...There were these fish bags and um...I thought, gee wouldn't those be perfect to put a dead body inside...Of course you'd have to see if they fit.NOTE: They come in 4,5,6,7 and 8 foot lengths.They are rather expensive ($190 - $300) but yanno price is no object if you want to kill your husband...or...er...um...write about it. Yeah. That's right.It's research honey.Entirely research.

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About Me

I consider myself a renaissance woman.
I have been in the Army, worked as a medical technologist, competed as a professional horsewoman, been an educator, a diver,a sailor, a PHD student, writer and now an author.

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About ORION

Orion is a 48-ft Celestial Ketch. She was abandoned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean during a storm and over the course of several months found her way back to the Big Island.
When my husband and I first looked at her and found out her history we decided she was the boat for us and bought her.
She sails like a dream and we love her dearly.